Improvement in wheel-plows



E. T. HUNTER.

Q WHEEL PLOW.

No.182,829, Eatented Oct 3,1878.

y Cr

N-PETERS. PNOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASNINGTON. a CV EDWARD T. HUNTER, OFHALLSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEEL-FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lS2,829, dated October3, 1876; application filed July 2'2, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD THOMAS H -TER, of Hallsville, in the countyof De Witt and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Riding Aiit-ZIGlllIlBllllfOI Breaking-Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved riding attachmentfor breaking plows, which shall be so constructed as to receive anydesired kind of a plow, will enable the plow to be placed between, or atone side of, the wheels, and may be adjusted to receive a left-hand or aright-hand plow, as may be desired.

The invention consists in the combination of the axle, provided with thetwo cranks, the lever and its hook-rod and notched bar, and the couplingwith the bars, the wheels, and an ordinary plow; in the combination ofthe reversible board, provided with the slotted corrugated plates, andthe adjustable tongue, provided with the corrugated plates with'the barsattached to the axle.

A is the beam, B is the standard, 0 are the handles, Dis the mold-board,and E is the land-side, of a plow, about the construction of which partsthere is nothing new. F are the sulky-Wheels, which revolve upon thejournals .of the axle G. The middle part of the axle G is bent fourtimes at right angles, to form a crank, 9 and to its end is attached acrank, 9 The axle G works in bearings attached to two bars, H, to theforward ends of which is detachably secured by bolts a cross-board, I.To the board I is detachably secured, by two bolts, the tongue J, therear bolt passing through a short curved slot in the board I and in ametal plate, K, attached to the said board I, so that the tongue J maybe adjusted as required. The face of the plate K is corrugated, and tothe under side of the rear end of the tongue J is attached asimilarly-corrugated plate, L, to prevent the tongue from slipping whenadjusted. To the tongue J, at its forward bolt-hole, is attached asimilar corrugated plate, L, to fit upon the plate K when the boardI isreversed. Three sets of b'oltholes are formed in the board I, and threeplates, K, are attached to it, to enable the tongue J to be adjusted asthe adjustment of the plow and the number of horses used may require. Tothe board I, in such a position as to be midway between the wheels F, isattached the lower end of the standard M, to

the upper end of which the drivers seat N is f attached. 0 is a lever,in the lower end of that, by adjusting the hook-brace 0 the lever 0 maybe adjusted as the adjustment of the plow may require. The lever 0 movesalong a curved bar, P, the ends of which are secured to the bar H, andin the side of which are formed notches, toreceive the lever O, or a lugattached to said lever. The lever O is held against the toothed bar I?by a spring, 0 attached to the said lever, and which passes up at theother side of the said bar P. Q are two plates, placed upon the upperside of the middle part of the plow-beam A, and secured to saidplow-beam by a bow, It, that passes around said beam and throughsaidplates, and has nuts screwed upon its ends. In the adjacent faces ofthe forward end of the plates Q is formed a bearing for the crank g or gUpon the inner end of the journal of the landside wheel is formed acrankarm, g and upon the adjacent end of the axle G is formed acorresponding crank-arm, g which crank-arms fit upon each other, and aresecured to each other by two bolts, so that, by removing one of saidbolts, swinging the journal around through a half-revolution, andreplacing the bolt, the machine will be adjusted for one of the wheelsto run in a furrow, while the other runs upon the unplowed land.

The plow may be used in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2; or, byadjusting the lever O, and turning the cranks g 9 forward, the plow maybe moved forward; or the plow may be detached from the crank g andattached to the crank 9 bringing it between the wheels, the tongue J andcrank-arms g 9 being adjusted accordingly.

The machine is shown as adjusted fonalefthand plow. To adjust it for aright-hand plow, turn the axle G end for end, exchange the lever 0 androd 0 with the collar 9 turn the board I end for end, and adjust thetongue J.

Various other adjustments may be made upon the machine to adapt it forvarious kinds of plowing, but which it is not necessary to mention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent V 1. The combination of the axle G, provided naryplow, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the reversible board I, provided with the slottedcorrugated plates K, and the tongue J, provided with the corrugatedplates L L, with the bars H, attached to the axle G g 9 substantially asherein shown and described.

EDWARD T. HUNTER. Witnesses:

J. E. WAKEFIELD, S. F. LEWIS.

